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<br> Gold prices rose on Thursday, as investors reacted to reports of Russian troop movements in Ukraine and Moscow's threats to dispatch warplanes for maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico. … …read more Source: Big News...

LONDON – After the recent completion of elections in Ukraine there was hope the conflict in the east would ease, but that has not happened. Military convoys from Russia are flowing into … …read more Source: Big News...

LONDON (AP) ” Belarus’ economy minister says his country will strengthen its economic ties to the West if the conflict in Ukraine rumbles on.Nikolai Snopkov told The Associated Press that continued fighting between Russia-backed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

President Barack Obama has called on Russia to honor a September cease-fire between Kyiv and Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said … …read more Source: Big News...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine says the security situation in rebel-held areas in the east has steadily worsened as separatist fighters move closer to demarcation lines separating them from government forces.A cease-fire agreed on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – International pressure on Russia was mounting Thursday over claims it is sending fresh military hardware into eastern Ukraine which could fuel a return to all-out conflict. …read more Source: The West...

Kiev (AFP) – International pressure on Russia was mounting on Thursday over claims it is sending fresh military hardware into eastern Ukraine which could fuel a return to all-out conflict. …read more Source: The West...